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A million and more trees for science

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TreeDivNet is the largest network of biodiversity experiments worldwide, but needs to expand. We encourage colleagues to establish new experiments on the relation between tree species diversity and forest ecosystem functioning, and to make use of the platform for collaborative research.

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Fig. 1: TreeDivNet in winter 2017.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Alain Paquette and Andy Hector.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Forest Research, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Alain Paquette & Alain Paquette

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Andy Hector & Andy Hector

  3. BIOGECO, INRA, Cestas, France

    Bastien Castagneyrol, Bastien Castagneyrol & Hervé Jactel

  4. Department of Environment, Ghent University, Gontrode, Belgium

    Margot Vanhellemont, Kris Verheyen, Michael P. Perring, Margot Vanhellemont & Kris Verheyen

  5. School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK

    Julia Koricheva & Julia Koricheva

  6. Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Charles Nock & Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

  7. Departamento de Ecología Tropical, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

    Luis Abdala-Roberts & Victor Parra-Tabla

  8. Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Saale, Germany

    Harald Auge

  9. Centre for Ecosystems, Society and Biosecurity, Forest Research, Farnham, Surrey, UK

    Nadia Barsoum

  10. Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Jürgen Bauhus & Charles Nock

  11. Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Soil Science, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

    Christel Baum

  12. Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saale, Germany

    Helge Bruelheide

  13. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Helge Bruelheide

  14. University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

    Bastien Castagneyrol & Hervé Jactel

  15. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA

    Jeannine Cavender-Bares

  16. Experimental Interaction Ecology, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Nico Eisenhauer & Olga Ferlian

  17. Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

    Nico Eisenhauer & Olga Ferlian

  18. Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

    Gislene Ganade

  19. Institute of Forest Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Douglas Godbold, Boris Rewald & Hans Sandén

  20. Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

    Dominique Gravel

  21. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

    Jefferson Hall

  22. School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

    Richard Hobbs & Michael P. Perring

  23. Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

    Dirk Hoelscher

  24. Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

    Dirk Hoelscher & Holger Kreft

  25. Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA

    Kristin B. Hulvey

  26. School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

    Mark Huxham

  27. Department of Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

    Holger Kreft & Delphine Clara Zemp

  28. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Jingjing Liang

  29. Departement of Agricultural, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

    Simone Mereu

  30. Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Natural Ecosystems (IAFES) Division, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Sassari, Italy

    Simone Mereu

  31. Centre for Forest Research, UQAM/UQO, Montreal/Ripon, Quebec, Canada

    Christian Messier

  32. Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA

    Rebecca Montgomery & Peter B. Reich

  33. Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Bart Muys

  34. Département des Sciences Biologiques, UQAM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Alain Paquette

  35. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, Edgewater, MD, USA

    John Parker

  36. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

    William Parker

  37. Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Quentin Ponette

  38. Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Catherine Potvin

  39. School of Environment, Natural Resources & Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, UK

    Andy Smith

  40. School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Rachel Standish

  41. Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden

    Martin Weih

  42. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany

    Meike Wollni

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Consortia

TreeDivNet

  • Luis Abdala-Roberts
  • , Harald Auge
  • , Nadia Barsoum
  • , Jürgen Bauhus
  • , Christel Baum
  • , Helge Bruelheide
  • , Bastien Castagneyrol
  • , Jeannine Cavender-Bares
  • , Nico Eisenhauer
  • , Olga Ferlian
  • , Gislene Ganade
  • , Douglas Godbold
  • , Dominique Gravel
  • , Jefferson Hall
  • , Andy Hector
  • , Richard Hobbs
  • , Dirk Hoelscher
  • , Kristin B. Hulvey
  • , Mark Huxham
  • , Hervé Jactel
  • , Julia Koricheva
  • , Holger Kreft
  • , Jingjing Liang
  • , Simone Mereu
  • , Christian Messier
  • , Rebecca Montgomery
  • , Bart Muys
  • , Charles Nock
  • , Alain Paquette
  • , John Parker
  • , William Parker
  • , Victor Parra-Tabla
  • , Michael P. Perring
  • , Quentin Ponette
  • , Catherine Potvin
  • , Peter B. Reich
  • , Boris Rewald
  • , Hans Sandén
  • , Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
  • , Andy Smith
  • , Rachel Standish
  • , Margot Vanhellemont
  • , Kris Verheyen
  • , Martin Weih
  • , Meike Wollni
  •  & Delphine Clara Zemp

Contributions

The concept was developed at the plenary TreeDivNet meeting in Bordeaux, February 2017. The first draft was written by A.H. and A.P., with later input from B.C., M.V., K.V., J.K., M.S.-L. and all TreeDivNet members.

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Correspondence to Kris Verheyen.

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Paquette, A., Hector, A., Castagneyrol, B. et al. A million and more trees for science. Nat Ecol Evol 2, 763–766 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0544-0

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